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Category: U Penn Wrestling

The Drexel Dragons wrestling team kept the Abner’s Cheesesteak Trophy for the third straight year – is this the beginning of a streak? I asked Coach Az that question in a post match interview. Penn came into the match a little banged up and missing their 125lb wrestler. The Daskalakis Athletic Center had more than […]

Check back for highlights A tough and battle tested Bronc team came into the the Palestra last night with a slightly different lineup than the one that beat ISU last week but still pulled out a closer than expected victory over the Quakers. Rider’s next competition is the South Beach duals Dec 29. Penn’s next […]

Video will be posted soon. A small but vocal and rowdy fan base got to see a tight match between these two schools. The dual was settled during the last match of the night. Due to a conflict with basketball the match was contested at the Rockwell Gymnasium next door to the Palestra and there […]

Video Highlights and Interviews A few hundred wrestling fans filed into Alumni Gym tonight to watch a tough Rider team take on the Penn Quakers who made the short drive northeast from Philly. Rider is a small New Jersey school that doesn’t seem to get much attention nationally. Injuries aside I could see this team […]

It’s that time of year wrestling fans. Schools are mostly back in session. Schedules and rosters are being released and calendars are getting marked up for future match dates. I’m reaching out to coaches that I know to get their projected line ups for the coming season. Lots of things can happen between now and […]

The Lehigh team traveled south to face a tough Penn Quaker team this afternoon in the Palestra. Lehigh won the dual going away 27 to 10. Lehigh had their second dual in two days after a blowout of a solid Navy team. The Mountain Hawks are still a bit banged up after the Southern Scuffle. […]

Lehigh vs. Penn Preview Lehigh drives down the Northeast Extension on Sunday to face Penn for the 56th meeting between these schools. Lehigh owns the all time series 44-10-1. Both teams recently participated in the Southern Scuffle. Lehigh will have a dual with a tough Navy team on Saturday before this match. Both teams have […]

Wrestling in front of a home crowd of 1,200 in Grace Hall for the first time in over a month, the Lehigh Mountain Hawks easily defeated their EIWA rivals the Quakers of the University of Pennsylvania. Early on many fans were disappointed that the most anticipated match of the day at 184 lbs. never materialized. […]

This weekend Lehigh faces Penn and Rider a seemingly easier task than last week’s road trip to Illinois and Northwestern. November 30 Rider beat Penn 21-12. Penn hasn’t had a wrestler at 125lbs this season making the score a bit more exaggerated after the forfeit. #25 Rider def. Penn, 21-12 133: Caleb Richardson (Penn) DEC […]

14 teams from across the country came to the Palestra yesterday for a great day of wrestling. B1G school Northwestern went home as the top team crowning 2 champions, returning national champion Jason Tsirtsis at 149 lbs and Alex Polizzi at 197 lbs. Rider University came in 2nd ahead of Eastern Michigan and Pittsburg. Rider […]